Anna Kéthly

Anna Kéthly (16 November 1889 – 7 September 1976) was a Hungarian social democratic politician, second female member of the National Assembly of Hungary from 1922 to 1948. Her fellow party member Vilmos Böhm called her the "Joan of Arc of Hungarian politics".

During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, she served as Minister of State in the third cabinet of Imre Nagy. Following the Soviet attack and the arrest of the cabinet members on 4 November, the final official proclamation of the Hungarian National Government vested her with the status of Hungary’s sole authorised representative abroad and the most senior member of its diplomatic corps. As she was on an official mission to the United Nations at the time of the attack, she became de jure the only remaining lawful representative of the legitimate Hungarian government until 22 November.